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🏕 Free copy of my cookbook + backcountry survey!
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Hi Reader, I hope your week is off to a great start! You may have seen on Instagram that I ran a survey about backcountry camping earlier this month. To my surprise, hundreds of people responded to it and the results have been quite interesting so far! If you didn't get the memo about the survey, it's still open - click here to complete the survey and you'll receive a free copy of The Voyageur's Backcountry Cookbook as a thank you 😊 I wrote this digital cookbook early in the pandemic to consolidate all of the tips and recipes I'd accumulated from many years of canoe guiding. The cookbook has ~70 pages on packing tips, meal planning, food prep, recipes and more. It's available on my website for $15, but I'm giving it away for free to anyone kind of enough to take a few minutes to complete this survey.
Why am I running this survey?Good question! As you already know (because I talk about it endlessly), I create a lot of outdoor education and route planning resources. This is a passion project of mine (not a job), so what keeps me going is knowing that people are using and benefiting from the resources! I love getting emails or DMs on how someone used the resources to plan an epic trip or spend their first night outside. Now that I have a (short) break from work and can dedicate a little more time to the sites, I want to know what resources will be the most useful. Where should I focus my efforts? Where are there gaps or pain points in how we plan backcountry camping trips right now? Thus, I'm running this survey. It's pretty short and the questions all concern how you plan backcountry camping trips. What about the survey results?I'm going to leave the survey open until the end of the month / early October. Then I'll do a final analysis of the results. So far I've been quite surprised by some of the results, so I'll share a few of the interesting findings with everyone in a newsletter next month. Anyway, that is all for now. As always, feel free to send me a message if you have any questions or comments. Enjoy the start of the fall colours! Happy adventuring, Mikaela |
Mikaela | Voyageur Tripper
A Canadian in California giving you the skills to get outside. Sign up for gear, trip reports, how-to guides and all things canoeing, kayaking, backpacking and outdoor adventure travel!
Hello Reader! Now that the camping season has slowed and I have more time on my hands again, I'll go back to sharing my semi-regular dose of outdoor adventure (a mix of destination spotlights and trip reports, planning tips and outdoor education). This report is brought to you by Isaiah (Canoes Camping Cocktails on Instagram) and is a classic weekend route in Algonquin Provincial Park. Short-ish distance, good rest day exploration and surprising solitude and wildlife potential, given its...
Hi Reader, Well, I don't know how it is where you are, but I had to pull out my fall jacket for the first time yesterday, and that means we're approaching the end of another camping season. As you already know, I run a Trip Reports website full of comprehensive trip reports for backcountry camping routes across Canada. This summer was perhaps the best summer I've ever had for new members joining, and I'm super grateful for that. With more funds coming in than I expected, I upgraded some...
Hello Reader, I hope you're having a great day so far! Apologies for being two days late delivering my weekly email to you - I was travelling for work this week and it was much busier than I expected! I've often written that Killarney Provincial Park is one of my favourite places in Ontario (and one of the most beautiful as well). And it's no secret that securing a reservation here, especially in one of the more popular destinations, can feel like trying to snag tickets to a Taylor Swift...